{"id":28,"date":"2016-04-27T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acaweb.ca\/en\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:21:20","slug":"aca-gold-medal-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acaweb.ca\/en\/about\/aca-gold-medal-award\/","title":{"rendered":"ACA Gold Medal Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First presented in 1941, the ACA Gold Medal Award is the Canadian marketing industry\u2019s most prestigious honour. The award is presented to an individual whose outstanding achievements have contributed to the advancement of marketing communications in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><!--The <a href=\"https:\/\/acaweb.ca\/en\/about\/for-media\/aca-2022-gold-medal-awarded-to-mark-harrison\/\">2022 Gold Medal Award Winner is Mark Harrison<\/a>, Founder of the award-winning marketing agency, T1, and of the global sponsorship conference, SponsorshipX. The award will be presented on September 29, 2022 at the Strategy Awards in Toronto.--><\/p>\n<h2>Nomination Criteria<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all individuals in activities that have an impact on marketing communications in Canada (client marketers, agencies, media, researchers, academics, associations, etc.);<\/li>\n<li>Awarded for a single achievement, or for accomplishments over time; and<\/li>\n<li>Awarded to a candidate whose contribution represents a measurable, distinctive advancement in the practice of marketing communications in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Call for Nominations<\/h2>\n<p><!-- [member-link type=\"registration\" class=\"register-now\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"]Submit nomination[\/member-link] --><br \/>\n<strong>Nominations are closed<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 36px; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;\">ACA Gold Medal Award Recipients (1941-2025)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"48%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"4%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"48%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">W.A. Lydiatt (1941)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Wm. J. Harris (1979)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">H.R. Cockfield* (1942)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Jack N. Milne (1980)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">J.E. Sampson (1943)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Les McMahon (1981)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">B.W. Keightley (1944)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Tom Blakely (1982)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">J.R. Robertson* (1945)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Paul L\u2019Anglais*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Emile Jean (1946)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Yves Bourassa*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">I.R. Greene (1947)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">W.D.H. Davis (1983)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">G. Alec Phare (1948)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Hugh Dow, Michael Kennerley (1984)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">L.E. Phenner (1949)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Jacques Bouchard, David Hopkins (1985)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">John Martin (1950)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Robert E. Harris (1986)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Lee Trenholme* (1951)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ross A. McCreath (1987)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">N. Roy Perry (1952)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Paul Mulvihill*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">A.J. Casson (1953)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Claude Cossette (1988)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">M.M. Shneckenburger,<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Robert J. Galloway (1989)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">J.S. Feggans (1954)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Rupert T.R. Brendon (1990)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">G. Warren Brown (1955)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ann Boden (1991)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">W.J. Campbell (1956)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Stuart Eaton (1992)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">E.V. Rechnitzer (1957)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Lloyd Hodgkinson (1993)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hon. William Hamilton (1958)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Claude Lessard (1994)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">H.H. Rimmer (1959)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">E. Peter Elwood, Peter G. Swain (1995)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">H.H. Rimmer (1960)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Maurice Brisebois, John Foss (1996)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">William E. Trimble* (1961)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Peter Beresford (1997)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">William E. Williams (1962)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunni Boot (1998)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Allan B. Yeates (1963)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Hugo Powell (1999)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">C. Warren Reynolds (1964)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">David Harrison (2002)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">R.A. Barford (1965)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Frank Palmer (2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Harry E. Foster (1966)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">John Cassaday (2004)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Mayor Jean Drapeau (1967)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ed Marra (2005)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">W. Harold Poole (1968)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Alan C. Middleton (2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bryan Vaughan (1969)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Philip E. Donne (2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">J.F. Glasier (1970)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2014\">William A. Moir (2014)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">W.D. Byles (1971)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2015\">Paul Lavoie (2015)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ralph G. Draper* (1972)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2016\">Linda Nagel (2016)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Robert A. McAlear (1973)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2018\">Susan Senecal and Tom Newitt (2018)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Robert E. Oliver (1974)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2019\">Shannon Hosford (2019)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">John M. Gould*, A.Z. Pengelly (1975)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"award-winners\/#2022\">Mark Harrison (2022)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Allan E. 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